Buffer.



A. R. WHITE.

BUFFER.

APPLICATION map JUNE 16, 1913.

Patehted Oct. 26, 1915.

ANNA RUT H WHITE, OF LA. CROSSE, WISCONSIN.

BUFFER.

Specification of Lea-ea Ii'atent. Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

Application fi led June 16, 1913. Serial in). 773,940

7 '0 all whom it may concern} v Be it known that I, ANNA RUTH (VIIIT-E, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and-State of lvisconsin ha ve invented anew and useful Improvement in Bufi'ersyof which the following is a specification. 1

The object of this invention is to provide a buffer which is adapted for use on articles of furniture and especially upon corner posts of beds whereby they are prevented from. scratching and marr-ing baseboards and walls, and said posts are protected against damage.

This invention provides a; simple and inexpensive device which maybe adjusted .to a post or other-support for use and upon which theresilient bufl'er -elementcan be easily and quickly renewedalwhen worn, by an inexperienced person.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a detail.

in perspecti'vepf a portion of a bedstead equipped with one style of my improved buffer; Fig. 2 is a side view. of my invention shown applied tea-bed post, a detail of the latter being illustrated; Fig. 3 is a, lan of the construction illustrated in Fig. 2"; F ig; 4 is a plan of my invention when constructed for use'to protect a post and the walls-in the corner of a room; Fig. 5 is a section of Fig. 1 on the line XX and Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective of a simple form of myini'ention detached from its support.

In the drawing A indicates a corner post of an rticle of furniture upon which my improved buffer B isadapted to be mounted, said post representing one of the corner upright elements of a bed or the leg or other portion of any article of furniture which it is desired to protect from becoming marred and from abrading a wall or base board.

My improved buffer consists of a guard arm or extension 2 of any desired shape upon which is adapted to be mounted a resilient buffer element 3, which projects laterally from the surface of the arm and is adapted to guard and protect the post A and protuberances thereof from coming, into contact with a laterally adjacent object such as a base board or wall to prevent abrading the surface thereof.

As illustrated the arm '2 is formed with a I grooved in its vertical walls and the buffer 'stretche'd lengthwise around the arm in the groove 4 where it is hel'dfirmly in exposed position for use. The arm 2 is provided with a split collar '5 or other suitable means for-securing the arm on the post A in laterally extending position and in a plane vertically removed from that assumed by its securing mains-as shown in the drawing so as to facilitate renewal of the resilient material should its usefulness become impaired.

A portion 6 of the collar 5 is formed integralwith the arm and the other portion 7 1s hinged to the 1 arm at 8 as illustrated. These portions of the collar are adapted to be clamped around the post by means of thebolt 9, the inner surface of the collar being protected by'a strip of felt 10 or other suitable "soft material which prevents the collar from abrading the surface of the post. The extension a1m'2: is offset vertically above the collar 5, so that the band 3 of resilient material may bemade to encircle and clasp the arm; An ordinary rubber band may be used I for the buffer surface.

\Vhen it "is desired to provide a buffer surface which will project against two Walls such as in the corner of a room, a pair of buffers such as O and D (see' Fig. 4) may be employed. These buffer elements being mounted upon a split collar or other suitable fastening means such as 11, which ay be clamped around the corner post A by tlie use of the bolt 12. Each bufl'er element as illustrated consists of a frame orbody 13 having a convex outer surface 14 and agrooved back surface 15. The buffer band 16 is stretched lengthwise around the surface 14, and in the groove on the back surface 15, said groove serving to hold the band vertically in position with the outer portion 17 thereof exposed on the front convex-surface of the buffer and. serving to protect the post A from cominginto contact with a Wall.

The buffer elements are mounted in horizontal position at-substant-ially degrees to each other and each buffer element has its body 13 extensibly mounted in a grooved lug 18 integral with the collar 11 by means of the set screw 19 passing through the lug and a slot 20 in the projection 21 on the .body of the buifer'element. In this manner the. bufier element may be adjusted to vary the distance of its buffer surface from the post.

It is obvious that the feature of extensibility or adjustability as above described may be used when one .or'more buifer elements are employed. It 1s further obvious .that the circumferential surface 17 on the bufier element may be extended orstiolfitened against place of two buffer elements as illustrated in Fig. 4. 1

A simple modification of my inventibn is which E indicates illustrated in Fig. 6, in the lateral bufier arm carried by the s lit collar F by which the bufl'er is adap to be secured to a post. On the outer end of the arm E is mounted a tip G made of rubber or other resilient material which is adapted to protect the post from v,coming into contact with a wall. The tip G is illustrated as being socketed in the end of the arm E, where it is secured by glue or other suitable means. The collar F as illustrated is composed of an integral section 22 on the arm and a hinged section 23 and thee):-

tremities of said sections are clampedto-,

gether by means of the bolt 24 carryingt'he. thumb nut 25 which is'threaded thereon.

In accordance with the patent statlfiqs I hfave described the principles of oprafiorr o m whic I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I Copies of this patent may be obtained for flve cents eao Wmh'ingto'n,

. arm with res and support, and a re I "bjffandflextending beyond the'free nd of invention together with the apparatus sa1d claim as new and, desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1..A bufl'er of the type: compris- P as desired and when increased sufliciently a I single buffer element will project, two corner walls and thus made to take the.

sectionsffor securing support, one of said sections hav ng an integral olfset ortion provided with an apera guar arm having an elongated slot adjacent one end and terminating in an en- Iargad portion at its other end, a set-screw extending through the slot in said arm and the aperture in saidofiset for adjustably securing said arm with respect to said sections,

and a resilient band secured aboutkaid enli'arlged portion as and forthe puppies speciv9. A buffer of the type amigs'ec'ti tbm rising pivoted sections for iecurihgit'lo a support one of said sectionshav .lmintegral' ga ma a3 aperture, an outwardly projedzin guarltrm adapted to slide withinthe:

recessed olfset portion prov sense of said oflset portion, said arm having an' elongated slot adjacent one end; 'a set-screw extending through theslot insaidarrmand the vaperturejn said oflset for afiustably secur- Q'Qt saidsaitions si i'enthmnpeYcarried arm. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oi the subscribing witnesses. J

ANNA RUTH WHITE.

Witnesses:

JNO. A. CHoPmsKA, Y O. J. 'SWEEMES, a a" M. SCHLABACH. z? w n it-to a 

